Well, Merry Christmas to all. My main spring and guide came in on Christmas eve and I came straight home to install it. I used Thors' directions and pictures to help me through the process.He says in his text that he has got the whole installation process down to 5 min. Well, it took me more like 30 to 40 min. About 20 min was used for my son to go up in the attic and retreive the mainspring since it shot up through the ceiling during my first try at installing it.{ only kidding!} Although it did spring loose one time when I was trying to fit the spring and guide into the frame of the handle.After that , my son stood behind the door and peeked every now and then to see if I was making progress. It actually took about 5 trys to finish the whole process, but I was finally able to get it done. I'm hoping that the spring will loosen up a little bit over time since it is very hard to pull the toggle back. But, all things considered, it is alot closer to being a shooter now than it has been in who knows how many years. I am a little concerned about the fire and how it might have affected the metal. I plan on having it examined before I would ever consider shooting it as I do need both of my hands to make a living.I will continue to keep you posted and I do thank all of you for the advise and for all of the helpful hints. Talk to you later, stan
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